Category: MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS

The victim of motor vehicle accident has 2 options. He or she could decide to settle a claim with the car insurance company. Alternatively, the same victim could elect to file a personal injury lawsuit against the responsible driver. Accident victims that reside in Ontario, Canada enjoy a number of benefits, if any one of them decides to settle a claim with the car insurance company. (more…)

The Canadian province of Ontario promises accident benefits to those victims of a motor vehicle accident that qualify. A document called SABS contains the guidelines used, in order to determine who qualifies for the available benefits. (more…)

Statistics make it clear that distracted driving has caused an increasing number of motor vehicle accidents. Authorities in charge of highway safety have sought help from legislators. The legislators in Ontario have passed laws that punish those drivers that refuse to heed warnings, regarding the dangers linked to various distractions. (more…)

The typical view of a car accident pictures the collision of 2 vehicles. Yet there are times when a single driver becomes involved in a car crash. Sometimes negligence on the part of a road construction crew can cause a one-vehicle accident. (more…)

The residents of Ontario that file a personal injury claim and then hear their lawyer talk about car accident benefits and car accident losses may wonder how the 2 references, both of which refer to accident-related issues, differ. (more…)

Motorists in Ontario might think that only a major accident needs to be reported to the police. Actually, there are numerous times when a seemingly minor incident calls for notification of the closest officer, or the one then available to arrive at the scene. (more…)

If you were injured in a previous accident, and you just got involved in a new one, you should think about hiring an injury lawyer in Cornwall, once you have filed a personal injury claim. By working with that member of the legal profession, you should be able to minimize the extent to which your previous injuries can affect your ability to win a fair compensation. (more…)

Ontario has not called for an end to the practice of compensating the victims of a car accident. However, that Canadian province has chosen to place restrictions on the size of an award for pain and suffering. (more…)

The government of Ontario continues to place stiff fines on any driver that sits behind the steering wheel while under the influence of alcohol. Yet in the past, such fines did not punish those drivers that attempted to pay attention to both the road and some type of distraction. In order to solve that problem, Ontario’s legislative body has passed some new laws. (more…)

Every accident is different. By the same token, no two accident victims (even those in the same vehicle) have the same injury. Still, certain medical problems tend to develop more frequently among accident victims that have been in a motor vehicle collision. (more…)